A system which eliminates the need for wayside monitoring of railcar wheel bearings and wheels includes a temperature sensor located on the railcar in close proximity to the bogie; a measuring laser located on the railcar in close proximity to the bogie and arranged to monitor breakage; a power source for the temperature sensor and the measuring laser; and a wireless transmitter to transmit the data collected by the temperature sensor and the measuring laser.
Railcar bearing and wheel monitoring system
2017-07-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61K Andere Hilfseinrichtungen für Eisenbahnen , OTHER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAYS / B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge / B61F Untergestelle für Schienenfahrzeuge, z.B. Fahrgestellrahmen, Drehgestelle oder Anordnungen der Radsätze , RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES / G01M TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES , Prüfen der statischen oder dynamischen Massenverteilung rotierender Teile von Maschinen oder Konstruktionen |